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By Jamie Little

ISBN-10: 1580054498

ISBN-13: 9781580054492

Regardless of the numerous advances ladies have made because the inner combustion engine was once invented, there's nonetheless one greatly held trust that won’t appear to leave: that after it involves automobiles, ladies may still simply depart it to the lads. In crucial vehicle take care of ladies, ESPN NASCAR pit reporter Jamie Little and Discovery Channel “Turbo specialist” Danielle McCormick workforce as much as dispel this delusion as soon as and for all—and to supply the crucial, hard-won recommendation girls have to purchase, promote, and take care of their vehicles with self assurance. With this useful consultant, girls will the right way to keep themselves funds via appearing basic—but essential—maintenance projects on their lonesome. Little and McCormick clarify what an alternator, regulator, distributor, and timing belt are how you can switch a tire, recharge a flat battery, cost the oil, and verify tire strain what to do whilst a motor vehicle breaks down or whilst an coincidence happens find out how to purchase a vehicle with no being taken good thing about and extra. undemanding and simple to follow—and together with uncomplicated step by step diagrams and photographs to aid alongside the way—Essential motor vehicle deal with girls is the last word instruction manual to every little thing a lady should still find out about her set of wheels.

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History of Horsepower Just think back to an old movie set in a time before cars existed—horses were used a lot in heavy lifting and in transporting people around. ) was trying to convince people of the amazing powers of the new steam engine, the best way he could do that was by comparing the power of the new engine to the power of a horse. James Watt came up with a calculation that one horse could do thirty thousand foot-pounds of work in one minute. This is not exactly a straightforward measurement, but for some reason, it has stuck as a measurement for calculating the power of engines—including cars.

With both direct injection and a turbocharger, it makes for a more powerful car. GTi GTi is an expression coined by car engineers. ” It comes from the phrase grand tourer, which has become synonymous with high-powered sports cars designed to race long distances. The “injection” part means that it has fuel injection, as opposed to a carburetor. DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS Car Handling Car handling refers to how responsive the car is to your steering. If you are trying to drive around a corner and your car seems to go a different direction than the way you want it to, then you would say the car doesn’t have good handling.

In order to explain to you how your car works, we are going to describe how a “typical” engine operates. FROM THE TIME YOU TURN YOUR KEY IN THE IGNITION TO THE moment your wheels actually start turning, there are lots of different processes happening at great speeds. Before we go through a description of the process from start to finish, there is one place that is worth looking at in more detail, because that’s where all the action takes place—the cylinders. Some wonderful scientists discovered that if you add a tiny amount of high-energy fuel (such as gasoline) to a larger volume of air (roughly one part gasoline to fourteen parts air), you can create a very useful gas.

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